Gender Equality: The New Business as Usual
The past four years have brought some exciting changes in the US government when it comes to progress in gender equality.
Maryce Ramsey
Former senior gender equality advisor, IntraHealth International
Former senior gender equality advisor, IntraHealth International
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Gender-Based Violence in Maternity Care
Why, despite the risks of home birth and the benefits of institutional delivery, are most women in Ethiopia still giving birth at home?
What USAID’s New Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy Means for Connecting Girls and Inspiring Futures in Health
Leading up to this year’s International Women’s Day, the U.S. Agency for International Development introduced a new policy to help women and girls participate fully in and benefit from development.
16 Years and 16 Days of Activism against Violence
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released findings from the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. The numbers are sobering
A Shout Out to 29 Amazing Zambian Women and 1 Man Caring for Their Community
I met an amazing group of people in Zambia: the Chishilano Home-Based Care Group at the Shelazi Centre. They are a group of about 30 volunteers, who care for people in their community living with HIV/AIDS.
Keeping Senegalese Girls Healthy By Keeping Them in School
In Senegal, we're approaching violence against women and girls from a different angle.
Teaching Health Workers to Treat Survivors of GBV in Rwanda
A couple of months ago I was in Rwanda and was heartened by the tremendous work of my Rwandan colleagues to create programs that support and teach health workers how to offer nonjudgmental, competent care to survivors of gender-based violence.AUTHORED RESOURCES
Ethiopia Gender Assessment
The objective of this gender analysis was to identify gender barriers to the uptake of two critical prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services—male partner testing and facility-based...